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CHRISTIAN E. MANNER, OF I-IOMESTEAD,FLORIDA,

COTTON-PICKERS SACK.

7 Application filed May 18,

The present invention relates to improvements in cotton pickers sacksand has for its principal object to provide means for reinforcing the.bottom portion of th'esack which normally drags along the ground.

soon become worn and the sack is thereby rendered useless.

It is therefore a salient object of the present invention to provide ameans for preventing undue wear being sustained by the bottom lower endportion of thesackand to this end I provide a reinforcing flap, which issecured on the bottom of the sack at the lower end portion thereof toextend for substantially the full width-of the sack and to have aportion of the flap extending over the closed lower end and secured tothe top portion of the sack at the lower endthereof.

A, further object is to provide a cotton pickers sack of the abovementioned char acter, which will be strong and durable, as

well as simple in construction and inexpensive in its manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the in vention will be apparent duringthecourse of the following detailed description.

in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this application and inwhich like reference characters designate like parts throughout theviews: v

Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of the cotton pickers sackembodying my inven? tion, and i V Figure 2 is a vertical sectional viewtaken approximately on the line 22 of Figure 1.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is-shown thepreferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 1 designates generallya cotton pickers sack wherein the same comprises the top andbottom plies2 and 8 respectively, the same be ing stitchedtogether along their sideedges in theconventional manner. The sack is preferably formed of asingle length of fabric which is folded, intermediate its ends as at 4,and-the front or top side 2 is a shorter 1927.- Serial No. 192,297. 7

length than the bottom or back side 3 and this isclearly illustrated inFigure 1.

The side edge portions of the back or bottom 3 above the upper edgeofthe front or top side 52 are folded'inwardly and are stitched to theupper edge portion of the bottom side 3 to provide reinforcing portions5 to which i are secured thefree ends of a shoulder strap 6. In thismanner the upper end of the sack is open while the lower end is closedand the sack being of relatively great length, the lower end portionthereof will drag along the ground, when the bag is in use and the strap6 is disposed over the shoulder of the cotton picker. p

improved protecting means for that portion of the sack which drags alongthe ground comprises an elongated flap 7 also formed of fabric ofsubstantially the same material, used in the construction of the sack 1and this flap has its longitudinal edges folded back upon the bodyportion of the flap and stitched thereto to provide reinforced sideedges 8. This flap 7 is of substantiallythe same width as the width ofthe sack 1 and the upper edge portion of the reinforcing flap isstitched to the intermediate portion of the bottom or back side 3 of thesack 1 as indicated at 9 with reference more particularly to Figure 2.This flap covers the lower portion of the back or bottom side 3 of thesack 1 and the lower end of this flap extends beyond the closed end 4 ofthe sack, as well as theclosed lower end thereof so that when the sackis dragged over the ground, the bottom 3 of the sack will not" come incontact with the ground. This re inforcing flap will be the only portionof the sack which'is subjected to wear'while beingdragged over theground and should this reinforcing flap become worn or otherwiserendered impractical for further use, the same can be readily removedand a new fiapattached to the sack.

The provision of a reinforcing flap of this character will saveconsiderable expense. This reinforcing flap will further prolong thelife or durability of the cotton pickers sack and will not, in any wayinterfere with the use of the sack in the gathering of the cotton andwill furthermore add little or no weight to the bag. l

While I have shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to beunderstood that Various changes in the size, shape and arrangement ofparts may be resorted'to, without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the-scope of the appended claim.

hat I claim is:

The combination with a cotton pickers sack; of a reinforcing flap ofsubstantially the same width as the sack, the side edges of the flapbeing folded back upon the body portion of the flap and being stitchedthereto,

the upper edge of the flap being stitched to the intermediate portion ofthe bottom side of the sack, said flap extending downwardly beyond theclosed lower end of the sack to completely coverthe bottom side of thesack at the lower end portion thereof, the depending portion of the flapbeing folded back upon the front side of the sack and stitched at thefree end portion thereof to the top

